Mesopotamia Review

The geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is called?

• Sumer
• Mesopotamia
• levee
• Iran

What was an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government ?

• City-State
• Civilization
• Social Structure
• Ziggurat

What is a complex society with religion, government, learning, division of labor, and a stable food supply?

• city-state
• colony
• civilization
• status

Mesopotamia’s climate was

• tropical  
• cold
• temperate       
• hot and dry     

Lands controlled by one ruler is called

• colony
• empire
• taxation
• village

A scribe is a

• writer
• ruler
• worker
• farmer

Laws that followed the idea of an “eye for an eye” is known as

• Code of Laws
• Code of Hammurabi
• Code of Samurai
• Code of Sargon

What is the rich soil left over from flooding?

• artisan
• silt
• scribe
• irrigation

What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    

• city-state
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat

What is a seven story temple built to honor their chief god?

• ziggurat
• city-state
• colony
• palace